To Scale One Hundred Urban Plans

How big is Moscow's Red Square in comparison to Beijing's Tiananmen Square? Why are there fewer public squares in Japan than in Italy? What lessons might be found in the plan of Savannah, Georgia? To Scale is a collection of plans of urban spaces drawn at the same scale to help answer these and other questions by providing a single and accurate resource of urban plans for architects, urban designers, planners and teachers and students in these fields. The book contains one hundred figure-ground plans from seventy-eight cities from around the world, describing an identical area (half a kilometer square) for each urban space. Accompanying each plan are photographs, diagrams and text that illustrate essential aspects of the plan or urban space for the designer. Rather than purely historical description, the text attempts to explore those lessons that might be found in the urban condition. This compilation is an excellent resource helping to visualize, compare and reconceptualize urban design for those wanting to understand the lessons of existing cities and the making of urban spaces.Jenkins, Eric J. is the author of 'To Scale One Hundred Urban Plans', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415954006 and ISBN 0415954002.